Hygrophorus AGARICACE/E 26 1 



1212. H. virgineus Fr. (from the pure white colour) a b c. 



P. convex, obtuse, flat, depressed, at length cracked and floccose. 

 St. stuffed, attenuate downwards. G. very decurrent, some- 

 what thick. 



Edible. Pastures, woods, roadsides, downs. Aug.-Dec. if X if X \ in. 

 Very variable in size. Sometimes clouded with beautiful shades of clear 

 lilac, caused by the growth of the mould named Verticillium Marquandii. 

 Must not be confounded with the white form of 1210 or with 1214. Var. 

 roseipes Mass. ex Cooke. St. rose-colour or salmon within and without, 

 sometimes strigose at base. 



1213. H. ventrieosus B. & Br. (from the ventricose stem) a b. 



White. 



P. convex, unequal, lobed. St. solid or partially hollow. G. 



narrow, forked. 



Amongst grass. Sept. i| X 2| X | in. Often tinged with red from the 

 growth of a parasitic Fusisporhtm, which maybe the cause of the hypertrophy. 

 Greatly resembles one form of 123. 



1214. H. niveus Fr. (from its snow-white colour; niveus, snow- 



white) a b c. 

 P. convex, flat, umbilicate ; marg. striate. St. fistulose, equal or 

 slightly attenuate downwards. G. thin. 



Pastures, roadsides, parks, downs, etc. ; common. Sept.-Nov. ^X2X^ in. 

 Much like 207 in appearance. Sometimes minute. Sometimes stained 

 lilac, as in 1212. 



1215. H. Wynnise B. & Br. (after Mrs. Lloyd Wynne) a b c. Semi- 



transparent lemon, faintly greenish, sometimes tan or white. 

 P. convex, umbilicate, or subinfundibuliform ; marg. striate. 

 St. stuffed, equal, or attenuate downwards. G. narrow, thin. 



On chips, twigs, old stumps, etc. Oct. 1 X if X \ in. The habitat 

 points to Mycena or Om'phalia. 



1216. H. russoeoriaeeus Berk. & Mill, (from the odour of Russian 



leather \ coriaceus, leathery) a b c. White. 



P. convex, expanded, obtuse, slightly viscid. St. solid, attenuate 



downwards, smooth. G. thick, distant, few. 



Odour varying of Potentilla atrosanguinea. Pastures ; rare. Sept. -Dec. 

 1 X ij X T 3 5 in. Odour sometimes persistent in dried examples for more 

 than twenty years. Must not be confounded with 207. 



1217. H. mieaeeus B. & Br. (from the shining mica-like particles on 



the pileus) a c. 

 P. hemispherical, flat, slightly depressed, wrinkled, light yellow to 



cinereous. St. solid, equal, colour as P., then brown below. 



G. pallid umber to clay-sienna. 

 Clayey soil. Oct. | x § X -^ in. Whole plant turns brown in drying. 



1218. H. fornieatus Fr. (from the pileus, at first convex ; fornicafus i 



arched) a b c. 

 P. becoming expanded and obsoletely broadly umbonate, viscid, 

 white or pale livid ; mid. brown. St. solid, hollow or stuffed., 



